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Salesforce.com Inc on Thursday said its supplier contracts will now require companies that do business with it such as airlines to set carbon-reduction goals and deliver products and services on a carbon-neutral basis, making it the latest U.S. company to take steps to address climate change.

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A new investment council has launched to advise Government on inward investment strategy. Comprising 40 senior private sector leaders from a variety of industries and international markets, the Council forms part of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ strategy, with the aim of boosting foreign investment into the UK and creating quality jobs across the country. 

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UK government are being accused of not enforcing regulations quick enough to ensure IT contracts are payed correctly with the right benefits when they are working for umbrella companies.

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Coeus Consulting annual survey on ‘Acceleration’ found that the pandemic unintentionally created the conditions for IT leaders to excel – with 66% of respondents able to secure additional funding for accelerated initiatives. 

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IT contractors could receive thousands of compensation in IR35 cases over who pays national insurance confusion.

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SoftServe, a leading digital authority and consulting company, and Google Cloud Premier Partner, has become an official Google Cloud reseller in the United Kingdom and Ireland (UK&I). With this designation, SoftServe can support end-to-end delivery and management of Google Cloud solutions, from application development to cost control, in guiding its UK&I clients through the complex landscape of public cloud resource management. SoftServe plans to pursue the Google Cloud Reseller designation for its other operating regions in future.

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Nokia has signed a five-year deal with AT&T to deploy a 5G network on the mobile operator’s C-Band spectrum in parts of the United States.

Nokia said its portfolio for C-Band, meaning satellite transmissions in the 4-8GHz frequency range, includes support for different 5G networks, cloud-based implementations and Open RAN products.

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Chinese tech firms such as Tencent and ByteDance are trying to bypass Apple’s new privacy regulations to track iPhone users without their consent.

The Chinese Advertising Association has launched CAID, a trial programme tracking iPhone users without their consent.

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Automation Anywhere, a robotic process automation software has partnered with Google Cloud to accelerate intelligent automation adoption globally. 

Anywhere’s Automation 360 platform will now feature on Google Cloud. The partnership will also allow them to collaboratively develop AI ad RPA powered solutions.

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According to Forrester’s latest research, the Australian job market will shrink by 11% by 2030 as AI absorbs jobs.

Jobs most at risk will be to do with finance, accounting and procurement.

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